Map Showing Only Domestic Flights Within Countries

Map created by phaj19

The map above only shows domestic flight routes within countries.

Large rich countries like the United States and China have loads whereas smaller countries have few to none.

But perhaps most striking is how few routes there are in Africa.

Top 10 Countries By Domestic Flights

Data comes from OAG.com

The table above shows the number of domestic seats available in each country in Feb 2025.

The top 10 are:

1. US – 76.8 million
2. China – 71.2 million
3. India – 14.7 million
4. Japan – 11.1 million
5. Brazil – 9.2 million
6. Indonesia – 8.0 million
7. Australia – 6.2 million
8. Mexico – 5.2 million
9. Spain 4.1 million
10. Türkiye – 4.1 million

And in case you’re curious about total capacity by region here’s another lust from OAG that includes both domestic and international capacity.

Generally speaking domestic flights make up about 60% of capacity globally vs 40% for international, but obviously this varies a lot by region.

Region	Feb‐2025 Seats
Africa : Central/Western Africa	2,873,512
Africa : Eastern Africa	3,322,678
Africa : North Africa	5,600,918
Africa : Southern Africa	2,643,354
Asia : Central Asia	2,356,823
Asia : North East Asia	105,514,222
Asia : South Asia	23,286,675
Asia : South East Asia	37,203,260
Europe : Eastern/Central Europe	13,518,490
Europe : Western Europe	80,213,377
Latin America : Caribbean	4,440,579
Latin America : Central America	11,183,231
Latin America : Lower South America	16,019,210
Latin America : Upper South America	8,349,879
Middle East	20,892,084
North America	95,452,971
Southwest Pacific	10,808,869
Grand Total	443,680,132

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